Dialogue McGill is launching a call to fund students who are researching access to health care and social services for the English-speaking community in Quebec. This funding call is for a 1-year stipend to support undergraduate and graduate students completing a research project under the supervision of a faculty member and/or independent researcher.
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $2,500 (undergraduate level) or $5,000 (graduate level).
August 4, 2022 | In an ongoing conversation about the role of energy transition in addressing climate change since the end of Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, MPP alumnus Umer Farooq wrote this op-ed in collaboration with Page. Umer is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. He has a Doctorate in Engineering.
Today, The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 102 new Fellows and 54 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. Among the 2022 cohort are fifteen McGill researchers and scholars, including eleven RSC Fellows and four new Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement on November 25, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta. The newest McGill cohort will join 238 McGill researchers who are currently RSC Fellows and Members of the College and 2400 Canada-wide.
Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life
Two faculty members at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) have been inducted into The Royal Society of Canada (RSC), recognizing their contributions to our understanding of neuroscience and the human brain.
It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including Catherine Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow in McGill University’s Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don’t blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods—or anything else for that matter—and always consider the source.
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) has joined the Douglas Research Centre (DRC) and the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) in signing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), an agreement that seeks to change how scholarly research contributions are valued in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions.
Many mammal species living in cold climates tend to have large bodies and short limbs to reduce heat loss – a general pattern known as Bergmann’s rule. However, bats are the exception to the rule, displaying small body sizes in both hot and cold regions. A McGill-led team of researchers is shedding light on this long-standing debate over bats’ body sizes and focus on why bats are seemingly non-conforming to ecogeographical patterns found in other mammals. Their findings offer a new method for investigating complex macroecology across bat species.
Sustainable agricultural practices require considerable investments, and smallholder famers may not realize gains for years. Without secure land tenure, they lack incentive to invest in long-term benefits. Instead, many opt to use the land as intensively as possible each year since they have no guarantee for the future. This is just one example of how land tenure security intersects with sustainable development, a relationship explored in-depth in a recent book co-edited by Brian Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at McGill University.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The fourth article is "A Plea for Greening Canada’s Housing Policy" about the housing and climate change crises wreaking havoc on the Canadian economy by Nimmi Hamid.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The fourth article is "Canada’s CANnabis, or CAN’Tabis ?" about Canada’s cannabis legalization review that was due in October 2021 - but it has yet to commence.
Nandini Paliwal is a master’s student at Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and is a civil servant from India, currently on sabbatical.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The third article is "Canada’s Huawei decision: Next Steps" by Sugandha Gupta. Gupta is a Master’s student at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from the University of Delhi, as well as a Master of Science in Economics from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
Asked to list the most earthquake prone countries, few people would earmark Canada. Yet, in 2021, Natural Resources Canada identified 46 earthquakes, which registered between 1.8 and 5.3 magnitude and to date, 26 earthquakes have occurred in 2022. Damaging earthquakes are surprisingly common in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, which encloses the Ottawa Valley from Montreal to Témiscamingue as well as the Laurentians. The question is not if but when a major quake will hit one of Canada’s major urban centres, an event that poses risks to human life and infrastructure.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The first article is "No Time to Waste in Canada’s Tryst with Cyber Warfare" by Naveen Kanwadia. Naveen Kanwadia is a master’s student at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and prior to starting his graduate studies, was handling public policy and regulatory affairs for The Walt Disney Co. in Asia.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The first article is "A Country Covered by Water, but not by Insurance" by Caroline Merner. Caroline Merner is a Master’s student at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability and International Development from Dalhousie University. Caroline co-founded Youth4Nature (formerly Climate Guides), a non-profit organization mobilizing youth for nature and climate action.
Profs. Shelley Clark and Sam Harper co-edited a double volume Russell Sage Foundation issue on "Growing Up Rural: How Place Shapes Outcomes". Please use the following links to read more : Issue 3 and Issue 4.
It also contains an intro article "Growing Up in Rural America" by Shelley Clark, Sam Harper and Bruce Weber.
